The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-07-28

officer falling to perform the duty Imposes
by hrst section of this act shall be subiee
70 Cue of six hundred dollars $1,000. :
be recovered by Indictment of the gran,
jury IL any court having Jurisdiction
thereof, and shall upon conviction Of sncl
iahQrespe removed from Office by the cour
IN WHICH such conyictionis had.
+. 8iS. That for the purpose OF ascertain
ing Inc humber OF citizens entitled TO yot
for Representative within this State il
the year 1887, there shall be furnished, n
hereinafter provided, 10 the sherifis an,
other oiiicers OF the election in, August
1891, aregistration book, in which Tia,
officers OF the election shall record III,
names or all citizens entitled TO vote fol
representative within this State at the sale
4 election The officers ofthe election sinai
De eS ofiieio officers of registration, and
shall have said registration book open foi
the! record of said names between. the
4 nouns OF . O'Clock a. m, and O'Clock p.
m. on the Istdsy. Of August, 1887, elec-
ton atiall the voting places in this Com.
| monwealth,, and it, shall lie the duty OF
all citizens oftfis Commonwealth who
are entitled to vote Or Representatives, on
the day of the next general election in
August lsS., TO 50 before the sheriiis and
other returning officers Of said election at
the voting precinct in which they are sew
orally entitled tovote, aud. cause them
selves TO be registeredon tile poll-book as
qualified voters Of this Commonwealth.
and the names Of any and all citizens llv-
ing in the district known to said officer 10
be entitled TO vote for Representative, or
made known to them by evidence on that
day, shall be registered as not voting.
And IN the year 1887, no other officer,
SHAH be authorized 10 make any list or
retlrn'of the qualified voters of this Com,
monwealthy nor shall any return thereof
except the registration books and certifi-
Gates provided iDr this act be made, and
all laws requiring list or returns of such
qualified voters arehoteby.repeRled, so far
as the year 1887 isembraeed therein. The
total number of'yotes so registered shall
be the true number of citizens entitled to
vote for Representative within this State
for the purpose Of ascertaining whether n
majority ofallthe citizens Of this State,
entitled tO,Voter Representative vote for
calling a convention for the purpose of
re-adopting. 'amdndingr or changing the
Constitution. ,e
"a. The said registration books shall be
appropriately and headed, so that
they may, aud 1t is hereby enacted that
the same shall, be the poll books record
ing the votes for and against the calling
ofthe constitutional convention, and for
ascertaining the number Of citizens enti-
tied to votefor Representative within 1.-THE
State, Ii shallbe the duty of the Said of
ficers Of election to PROFOUND TO every vo-
ter the question; ado you vote for calling
a constitutional convention or noty'i Ii
such voter shall aItswetln the Affirmative,
his MAMIE sh.!n he recorded as voting for
said convention; IL such voter shall an.
swer in the negative, his mime shall be
recorded rs voting against said cdnych-
ton, and If such voter mSkes no answer,
his name shall beErecortlel or registered
as not voting upon said question: And
II shall be the duty of the officers holding
the election ut each voting place In the
State to certify the total number ofvotes
registered, and the number voting for
the constitutional convention, and 10
make out Il duplicate certificate showing
said facts. The registration book shall be
by them Immediately sent, at the expense
OF the COMMONWEALTH, by mail, to the
Secretary Of STATE, at Frankfort, Ken
lucky, and the duplicate certificate Mt
tached to thepoll-book for the election of
State officers, and return Herewith rs
now directed by law. .''''''N@i
SO. The Secretary Of State In Office at
the conyening of the General Assembly
next after the election in August 1857,
shall, Immediately upon the organization
OF the same, transmit to each House a
statement, prepared by him from the said
registration and poll-books, showing how
| many votes were ut said election east In
favor of said convention, and the total
number of voters registered, whether Yot-
ing for or against or not at all. The report
shall be made up by counties. He shall
retain the registration books for the use of,
examination ana Inspection of the next
General Assembly.
5 o. 1t shall be the duty of the officers
whose duty tits by law to compare and
certify the votes for State officers, TO make
out from the certificates retuf ned with the
State election poll-books as aboyeproyid-
ed, and Mt the time they certify the votes
for State oihcers,a certificate by voting
places, showing the total humber Of votes
registered and the number voting for
calling a constitutional convention, and
to send the certificate 10 the secretary OF
State; and If the registration book pro-
yided for above shalt, as any voting
place, be lost, destroyed or not returned,
then the Secretary of State, in making
the REPORT TO the General Assembly, shall
use the Information In the certificate rs
to any such district or precinct, and he
shall, moreover, use tho certificate to
show that he has or has not the registra-
ton book for each voting place in each
county named in said certificate.
81. 1t shall be the duty ofthe Secretary
of State, after Che adjournment Of this
General Assembly, to make out the form
of "a registration hooE and certificates to be
made and used as herein provided, and to
furnish the same "a the Bubble Printer
forthwith, and it shall be the duty of the
said Public printer TO make up and bind
in the usual form one registration book,
with certificate thereon Tor each voting
place il the State; also the duplicate GER
tificate and the county certificate, and
send the same to the several sherifts, who
shall see that they are delivered and used
at the various voting places as herein re-
quired.
SIS. That any officer FILLING to do or
perform any Of the acts or duties cnjoin
ed upon him by the third, fourth, nth,
sixth and seventh sections of this act, |
shall be subject to a fine of five hundred
dollars 5000, to be recovered by lndict-
ment Of any grand jury in any court hay
ing jurisdiction thereof, and shall, upon
conviction, be removed from Office by the
court in which said conviction il had.
50. That il shall be the duty of the
Secretary Of State to have this'act adyer-
tised in one weekly newspaper in each
county Of this Commonwealth, wherein
there Is such paper published, for four
weeks, and in one of the daily papers of
the city Of Louisville for thirty days i'm
mediately preceding the election, and in
every county said Secrotery shall cause
to lie posted IT the courthouse door a copy
of this act, printed in hand-bill form, for